Paul Scholes believes Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao are "proper players" who can get Manchester United back into the Champions League.
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United spent a British-record 153 million pounds this summer on six major signings as they bid to improve on their disappointing seventh-placed finish last season, with Di Maria signing from Real Madrid in a club-record 59.7 million-pound deal.
The arrival of coach Louis van Gaal this summer has also seen Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind recruited -- with Falcao joining on loan -- and former United midfielder Scholes is optimistic of the Red Devils' chances under the Dutchman despite concerns over the side's defence.
"The calibre of player we have brought in is top quality, like Di Maria and Falcao," he told MUTV. "These are proper players. We just have to find a way of getting them all in the same team, playing well and scoring goals -- which we have struggled to do a little bit.
"Defensively we haven't been great either so he needs to sort that out. Then, I'm sure we can be vying for Champions League places
"Fans have been moaning about the type of players that were at the club and now you can't do that. Ed Woodward [executive vice-chairman] has done his job brilliantly during this transfer window with some great signings. Now it is over to the manager to sort everything out and make us a good team again."
Woodward is targeting a top-three Premier League finish after the club announced record annual revenue of 433.2 million pounds for 2013-14, and Scholes thinks Di Maria's pace should be utilised to achieve that goal.
"I would like to see Di Maria play wide," Scholes continued. "Whether van Gaal is going to play with wide players, I'm not too sure, but we saw the other night that he was devastating for Argentina against Germany in wide areas. Whether it is the right or left-hand side, his pace is frightening.
"He can go past players and score goals. That is something we have been missing. I am sure he can play in the central areas as well, but if I was picking him then it would be in the wide areas.
"Falcao's goalscoring record is brilliant from when he has been at Porto and Atletico Madrid. The goals he has scored have been important, then there is the movement he brings and his experience as well at 28 years of age.
"You just hope his knee is right, I think that will be the main problem. But once he gets going and Di Maria can start creating chances for him then I'm sure we will start scoring goals."